Road resealing kicks off

Pork Hunt said :

Indi said :

Wentworth Ave could do with a touch up!

What is it with Wentworth Ave? It has these seams that are breaking up. The bitumen must have been laid by railway men because it almost has that clickety-click noise thing happening like a rail road.

This usually indicates the old road was concrete and it’s still underneath.

They ‘resealed’ the carpark at my shops. It now has bare bits, and loose gravel all over it to skin kids’ knees.

And to add insult to injury, the orginal surface was perfect. You can see the perfect surface emerging from all the holes in the spray-on rocks as they are removed by reversing cars.

Wentworth Ave is bad – I used to think I had a flat tyre driving along there, but it is just the regular bumps in the road.

Even given the ever increasing volume of traffic spilling over and development of the Foreshore, not much will probably happen to Wentworth until all is completed *holding breath*

Indi said :

Wentworth Ave could do with a touch up!

What is it with Wentworth Ave? It has these seams that are breaking up. The bitumen must have been laid by railway men because it almost has that clickety-click noise thing happening like a rail road.

motleychick said :

stormboy said :

motleychick said:
“That’s because they don’t flatten the stones down – they wait for the cars to do it. When they resealed my street last time it was about a year ago – there are still loose stones. So annoying. And they did the shittest job.

I was especially grateful to the idiotic people that floor it and fling stones all over the shop while I’m going 20km so the stones don’t chip my car. Douchebags.”

You could of cause do something about it Mutley. I recently moved into a street that was resurfaces during last years program and there was a fair bit of excess stone lying around. I did the 13 22 81 thing and it was swept within 8 days

Well I phoned and apparently they did come to flatten the stones and sweep away the excess – they did a really shithouse job though because it doesn’t look any different.

Thats cause the Govmit pays the least it can on providing the service…..

You get what you pay for – if *you* want it clean, pull out a yard broom and do it yourself. Works 100% of the time, and you can sell the stones on eBay!

motleychick said :

stormboy said :

motleychick said:
“That’s because they don’t flatten the stones down – they wait for the cars to do it. When they resealed my street last time it was about a year ago – there are still loose stones. So annoying. And they did the shittest job.

I was especially grateful to the idiotic people that floor it and fling stones all over the shop while I’m going 20km so the stones don’t chip my car. Douchebags.”

You could of cause do something about it Mutley. I recently moved into a street that was resurfaces during last years program and there was a fair bit of excess stone lying around. I did the 13 22 81 thing and it was swept within 8 days

Thats cause the Govmit pays the least it can on providing the service…..

You get what you pay for – if *you* want it clean, pull out a yard broom and do it yourself. Works 100% of the time, and you can sell the stones on eBay!
Well I phoned and apparently they did come to flatten the stones and sweep away the excess – they did a really shithouse job though because it doesn’t look any different.

Oh super, I get the clean tar off my car again.

stormboy said :

motleychick said:
“That’s because they don’t flatten the stones down – they wait for the cars to do it. When they resealed my street last time it was about a year ago – there are still loose stones. So annoying. And they did the shittest job.

I was especially grateful to the idiotic people that floor it and fling stones all over the shop while I’m going 20km so the stones don’t chip my car. Douchebags.”

You could of cause do something about it Mutley. I recently moved into a street that was resurfaces during last years program and there was a fair bit of excess stone lying around. I did the 13 22 81 thing and it was swept within 8 days

Well I phoned and apparently they did come to flatten the stones and sweep away the excess – they did a really shithouse job though because it doesn’t look any different.

motleychick said:
“That’s because they don’t flatten the stones down – they wait for the cars to do it. When they resealed my street last time it was about a year ago – there are still loose stones. So annoying. And they did the shittest job.

I was especially grateful to the idiotic people that floor it and fling stones all over the shop while I’m going 20km so the stones don’t chip my car. Douchebags.”

You could of cause do something about it Mutley. I recently moved into a street that was resurfaces during last years program and there was a fair bit of excess stone lying around. I did the 13 22 81 thing and it was swept within 8 days

ConanOfCooma said :

Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t laying more bitumen on top of a crap road just make it a double layer crap cake?

Agreed. I noticed that Kingsford Smith drive is earmarked, and I’ll be watching with interest. I notified Tim-TAMS 18 months ago about massive corrugations on the Northbound lanes over the St. Francis underpass – I hope they don’t just plan to seal over the 2″ creases in the road and expect that to suffice.

I’m also amazed that nothing has been done to fix the shambles on the city-bound lanes of the Barton Hwy alonside Gold Creek. That has been a potholed mess starting from a week after it was ripped up and hotmixed 10 years ago, and has continued deteriorating into a patchwork of craters and failed repairs.